Side lining for car walls



D. s. NEUHART 2,919,663

SIDE LINING FOR CAR WALLS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 S IWT/1 NLD@ m 1 nl Y I,i immllirmwl ---I L INVENTOR. imm/Nemi BY .|IPIII.. IL. lllllllllllll lliTl Jan. 5, 1960 Filed IXpIil` 9, 1957 www Jan. 5, 1960 D. s. NEUHART SIDE LINING FOR CAR WALLS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 9, 1957 SIDE LINING FoR CAR WALLS David Sanborn Neuhart, Omaha, Nebr. Application April 9, 1957,'seriai 10.651,113 i 3 claims. (ci. 10s-42s) This invention relates to liners for use in transport vehicles, such as trucks and railway cars, and more particularly to such'linings of composite form presenting a smooth surface of alternating wood and steel portions.

The walls of box cars and trucks are generally constructed for'the most part of steel, having a side plate extending along the eaves of the car, a side sill at the bottom of the wall', usually spaced Z-shaped side'posts extending vertically between the plate and sill with the outer flanges and the inner anges coplanar, side sheathing secured to the outer flanges, and usually plywood lining secured to the inner flanges. It is the practice to secure blocking 'braces or load retaining bands to such lining and often after several applications of such, the linings become splintered, have holes punched therein,` and are generally not substantial enough in thickness particularly to withstand repeated nailing and abuse to which they are almost continuously subjected in use.

It is,ftherefore, an object of this invention to provide a composite. liningof alternatemetallic and non-metallic sectionsso formed and assembled that any non-metallic section may be-easily and quickly replaced when desired. v A further object of the invention is to form the sections in a manner that the metallic sections will securely hold the non-metallic sections in4 place without the use of specific fastening means.

It is a further object of the invention to so form the metallic sections that adjacent metallic sections hold a non-metallic section locked therebetween.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description thereof.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing forming part of this application and wherein like reference char,

acters indicate like parts:

Fig. l is a fragmentary elevation of a freight car side wall to which the lining of the present invention has been applied, as it would appear on line 1 1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. l. l n

Fig. 4 is a further enlarged section of one of the metallic sections of the lining.

Fig. 5 is a section online 5 5 of Fig. 6. y

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a portion of lining having installed therein a lading band anchor.

Fig. 7 is a section on line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings in detail, numeral 10 in dicates a side sill of the car, which is one of the outer members of the underframe sustained by the center sill, not shown, and which underframe supports aconventional flooring indicated in part at l2.-

' At the eaves of the car is a conventional side plate indicated at 13 and which forms the top member of the side wall structure as Well as the supporting member for the car roof.

Extending between the side plate 13 and side sill 10 f Patented Jan. 5, 1960 thereof are coplanar. Secured to the outer flanges is the metal side sheathingindicated at 16.

The lining for this wall comprises a plurality of horizontally extending vertically spaced vcorrugated metallic lining sections indicated at 2t). The corrugations formed in ,these metallic sections are of dovetail shape, or more lspecifically `ofisoceles trapezloidal form in cross section and face outwardly, with anges 21 and 22 formed in plane with the inner flanges of the side posts. The web 23 of Vthe channel'is, of course, parallel with the flanges 21 22 and, in the area of the web which extends transversely over an inner ange of a side post, there is formed -a countersunk opening 25. These corrugations are filled with non-metallic filler strips 26 which are in cross section congruent with the shape of thercorrugations, except that the facel of the filler strip which abuts the web 23 is provided with a longitudinal rabbet congruent with the vertical diametrlic section of the countersink 25.

VThese strips 26 ,may then be slid lengthwise into place in the corrugations. A hole 27 is provided through the filler piece 26 which hole is concentric with the countersink 25.V lt will be noted that the flanges 21 and 22 are not of the same width;` the liange 2i being somewhat lwider than` the flange 22, the reason for which will be apparent later. The hole 27 and the countersunk open ing 2S are for the purpose or" permitting the installation ofa stud bolt 28 therethrough for securement to the inner flange of a side post la.

' The sides of adjacent spaced metallic sections 20conjointly form inwardly facing dovetaile'd corrugations within which are provided nonmetallic sections 3th eachof which'is' congruent to the' cross sectional shape of the space between said metallic sections, and the inner ver-y tical face of Vthese sections 3b is in plane with'the metallic sections. V"Thus the composite lining presents a smooth surface to the car side.

It will be noted that the sections 30 are greater in width than the combined width of the anges 21 and 22 so that in installation they may be clamped securely in place.

' The sections 20 and 30 extend horizontally across the several side posts from the corner post 31 of the car to adjacent the door post 32 thereof.

At spaced intervals along the metallic sections 20, the webs 23 are cut-out as indicated at 35 to provide access to a lading tie anchor 36 which is welded as indicated at 37 to a side post. These lading tie anchors are applied to about every other post along the length of the metallic sections, and they are rabbeted about their pe` ripheries so that the margin of the cut-outs 35 may rest in said rabbets and present a smooth surface.

The lower metallic section 2@ does not have a flange 22, and the upper section 20 ,does not have a flange 21 for obvious reasons.

In applying the lining a lower section 23, having the required lading tie anchors 36 temporarily held in place behind the cut-outs 35 and the filler pieces 26 in place,

is positioned horizontally across the lower ends of the side posts 14. The stud bolts 2S are then secured to the side posts, and the nuts 29 applied to said bolts to hold the section 23 securely in place. The lading tie anchors are then welded in place to the side posts as indicated at 37. Then a non-metallic section 30 is placed on this lower metallic section just installed and another metallic section 23 applied on top of the nonmetallic section and clamped down forcibly thereagainst. While thus clamped the stud bolts 28 and nuts 29 are applied as well as the lading tie anchors secured to the side posts. These operations are repeated until the entire side lining is installed.

The sectionsv 30 which have faces exposed to the interior of the car serve as a means to which lading straps or other types of load anchors may be fastened by nails, screws, or other suitable fasteners. It will be noted that the sections 36 have no fastening means to hold them in place other than that of the dove-tailed joint formed by the non-metallic section intermediate of two metallic sections.

When it becomes desirable to remove one of the sections 3@ for replacement, the nuts 29 are removed from the stud bolts 2B in the two adjacent metallic sections, and this loosening of the lining permits that area thereof to be sprung outwardly sufficiently for the particular non-metallic section to be removed and another applied, when the nuts 29 are again applied and the lining is then renewed. 4

The non-metallic sections may be made of any suitable material which is capable of nailing.

I claim:

1. A railway car side wall comprising spaced vertically disposed side posts, a lining for said side wall comprising horizontally disposed alternating metallic and non-metallic sections, each metallic section having an outwardly facing longitudinal dovetail-shaped corrugation formed therein, fastening means extending through the webs of each metallic section to removably secure said sections to said side posts, the sides of adjacent metallic sections conjointly forming an inwardly facing dovetail-shaped corrugation, said non-metallic sections being correspondingly dovetail-shaped and held against inward lateral movement within and by the inwardly facing dovetail-shaped corrugations between adjacent metallic sections when said sections are secured to said posts.

2. A railway car side wall comprising spaced vertically disposed side posts, having coplanar inner surfaces, a lining for said wall comprising horizontally disposed alternating metallic and non-metallic sections, each metallic section comprising an elongated relatively narrow fabricated strip having a central longitudinal outwardly facing dovetail-shaped corrugation formed therein, the sides of adjacent metallic sections conjointly forming an inwardly facing dovetail-shaped corrugation therebetween, said non-metallic sections being correspondingly dovetail-shaped and held against inward lateral movement within and by the inwardly facing dovetail-shaped corrugations between adjacent metallic sections, and means removably securing the webs of the metallic sections to said coplanar surfaces, whereby upon removal of the securing means of a metallic section, the adjacent non-metallic sections may be readily removed.

3. A railway car side wall comprising spaced vertically disposed side posts having coplanar inner surfaces, a lining for said wall comprising horizontally disposed alternating metallic and non-metallic sections, each metallic section having formed therein an outwardly facing dovetail-shaped corrugation having oppositely extending anges in plane with said inner surfaces, the sides of adjacent metallic sections conjointly forming correspondingly shaped inwardly facing dovetail-shaped corrugations, `a filler strip within said outwardly facing corrugations, said non-metallic sections being correspondingly dovetail-shaped, and held against inward lateral movement within and by the dovetail-shaped corrugations between adjacent sections, and removable fastening means extending through the webs of said metallic sections and filler strips to hold said composite lining to said side posts, whereby upon removal of said fastening means through a metailic section, the adjacent non-metallic sections may be readily removed and replaced when necessary.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 950,832 Banning Mar. 1, 1910 2,735,517 Peterson Feb. 2l, 1956 2,739,543 Candlin Mar. 27, 1956 

